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Date:      Sat, 1 Jul 2000 20:48:41 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>
Cc:        Bill Barnes <bbarnes@operamail.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd performance
Message-ID:  <20000701204841.M25571@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <395EB69B.A996E285@gorean.org>; from DougB@gorean.org on Sat, Jul 01, 2000 at 08:27:23PM -0700
References:  <3987C7B4@operamail.com> <20000701013304.C25571@fw.wintelcom.net> <395EB69B.A996E285@gorean.org>

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* Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> [000701 20:27] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > 
> > * Bill Barnes <bbarnes@operamail.com> [000701 01:26] wrote:
> > > Hello list:
> > >
> > > if freebsd is running yahoo.com why is that website so damned slow.  It's 3
> > > AM, CDT and it is taking minutes to fetch and delete mail.
> > > I'm using Opera which is a fast browser elsewhere, but it sure bogs down at
> > > mail.yahoo.com.  Operamail and google are almost instant.
> > >
> > > Makes me wonder about perfomance on my website.
> > 
> > That's strange, it loads instantly for me, maybe your connectivity
> > sucks?
> 
> 	Actually it might not be his connectivity. There was a fiber cut at
> Global in Sunnyvale that had a drastic effect on their network, and thus
> Yahoo!'s, since quite a few of our machines are co-located there. (all
> of this is public knowledge, btw)

Yes, I was razzing some Yahoo employees over IRC chat in real-time
during the outtage.

:)

-Alfred


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